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ANTICOLINERGICO [3 records]

Record 1 2003-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Arms Control
DEF

Counteracting the action of acetylcholine; used especially of drugs which block conduction at cholinergic nerve endings.

OBS

Used as an antidote to the muscarinic effects of nerve gas.

OBS

anticholinergic drug: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Contrôle des armements
DEF

Substance qui empêche l'acétylcholine d'activer certains types de récepteurs.

OBS

Agent incapacitant psychodysleptique sédatif.

OBS

anticholinergique : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
  • Control de armamentos
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Record 2 2001-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
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Record 3 2001-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
DEF

Denoting an effect of chemical agent that interferes with or interrupts the action of parasympathetic nerves. (Churchill's Illustrated Medical Dictionary. Churchill-Livingstone Pub., New York, 1989, p. 1380)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
DEF

Se dit d'une substance qui s'oppose à l'action du système nerveux parasympathique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioquímica
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